IPR Strategic Business Information Database back issues from Monday, October 14:
ISRAEL: IAI TO UPGRADE HARPOON MISSILES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Globes reported that the US Navy supports an upgrade program for Boeing-made "Harpoon" missiles by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), defense establishment sources confirmed last week. IAI MBT - Weapon Systems and Space Technology has developed a detailed upgrade program for the Harpoon, ...
ISRAEL: CABINET COMMUNIQUE OCTOBER 13, 2002.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (Communicated by the Cabinet Secretariat) At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday), 13.10.2002: 1. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon eulogized the late Mayor of Lod and former MK, Maxim Levy, and informed the Cabinet that he had given his condolences, as well as those of the entire ...
ISRAEL: IDF ACTIVITY DURING THE NIGHT IN RAFAH, IN THE GAZA STRIP.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (IDF Spokesperson 13 October 2002). Within the framework of its operations against terrorist infrastructures in the Gaza Strip, IDF forces operated during the night in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. During the operation, IDF units uncovered a system of tunnels used for smuggling ...
CYPRUS: NATIONAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIA TO VISIT CYPRUS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Austrian National Council President Heinz Fischer is to hold a four-day official visit to Cyprus beginning Thursday, October 17. During his stay on the island, Fischer will be ...
EGYPT: CYPRUS, EGYPT REAFFIRM ECONOMIC ZONE AGREEMENT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... The agreement for the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone between Egypt and Cyprus, which will be signed in the near future, was reaffirmed in the course of a meeting in Cairo between Cyprus Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Nicos Rolandis and Egyptian Minister of ...
SUDAN: SUDANESE OFFICIAL VISITS ARAB ACADEMY FOR SECURITY SCIENCES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Sheikh Jalaluddin Mohammed Othman, the head of the Sudanese Judicial Council, has recently visited the Naif Arab Academy for Security Sciences. The Academy's President Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Ghamidi briefed him on the activities of the Academy, according to the ...
SAUDI ARABIA: RIYADH GOVERNOR RECEIVES MAURITANIAN AMBASSADOR.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Riyadh region, received in Riyadh Sunday Mauritanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sidi ...
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER VISITS JORDAN.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Saudi Minister of Communications Dr. Nasser bin Mohammed Al-Salloum arrived in Amman Sunday for an official three-day visit to Jordan. During the visit, Al-Salloum is to hold talks with a number of Jordanian officials on issues pertaining to the existing Saudi-Jordanian relations in the ...
IRAN: IRANIAN CLERIC CALLS FOR SEIZURE OF DOGS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... A conservative Iranian prayer leader denounced the "moral depravity" of dog ownership and called upon the judiciary to arrest all dogs and their owners, the reformist Etemad paper reported Sunday. "I demand the judiciary arrest all dogs with long, medium or short legs together with their ...
YEMEN: ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER IN YEMEN FOR SUMMIT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi arrived in Sanaa for a summit Monday with Presidents Ali Abdallah Saleh of Yemen and Omar al-Beshir of Sudan on the situation in the Horn of Africa, the official SABA news agency reported, cited by AFP. Meles, accompanied by a number of senior-ranking ...
JORDAN: SOFEX SHOW OPENS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... The exposition arranged by Russia's Rosoboroneksport, the federal state unitary enterprise dealing with arms exports, at the fourth international SOFEX show (Special Operations Forces Exhibition) caters for the Middle East region's current and future demands. It includes means of ...
SAUDI ARABIA: CHINESE DEPUTY MINISTER OF HEALTH VISITS SAUDI ARABIA.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Chinese Deputy Minister of Health Ma Shiawi and his accompanying delegation arrived in Riyadh Sunday evening for an official visit to Saudi Arabia. According to SPA news agency, he was ...
SYRIA: SYRIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES LEBANESE INFORMATION MINISTER, FORMER PRESIDENT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received in Damascus Sunday Lebanese Information Minister, Ghasi al-Aridi. During the meeting, which was attended by Information minister Adnan Omran, talks centered on the existing bilateral relations of cooperation on the development of the Arab ...
SYRIA: SYRIAN PREMIER RECEIVES CANADIAN OIL COMPANY PRESIDENT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Syrian Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mustafa Mero received on Sunday President of the Canadian oil company Petrocanada Norman Maken Tayer and an accompanying delegation, the official SANA news agency ...
EGYPT: CAIRO, AL-BA'ATH UNIVERSITIES SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... The Universities of Cairo and al-Ba'ath concluded in the Egyptian capital Sunday an agreement on joint cooperation in the fields of higher studies, scientific research and training programs. SANA reported that in line with the agreement, ...
SYRIA: SYRIAN HEALTH MINISTER RECEIVES WORLD BANK DELEGATION.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Syrian Minister of Health Mohammed Iyad al Shatti received on Sunday a delegation representing the World Bank, led by the Director of Health and Social Protection Sector for the Middle East and North Africa, George Sheiber. During the meeting, the minister reviewed the existing relations ...
SYRIA: SYRIA TO HOST FIRST ARAB INFORMATION AND EDUCATION FORUM.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Under the patronage of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the first Arab forum on information and education and their role in strengthening Arab values is to be held in Damascus Monday. The one-week forum is expected to discuss a number of vital cultural issues, including teaching students ...
SYRIA: COURSE ON FIGHTING DESERTIFICATION HELD IN SYRIA.
Oct 14, 2002 ... A two-day training course about strengthening technical capacities for the implementation of the national plan for combating desertification opened in Palmyra Sunday, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. Speeches ...
ALGERIA: GIRL BURNED ALIVE IN FRANCE - LAID TO REST IN ALGERIA.
Oct 14, 2002 ... A 17-year-old girl burned alive in a Paris suburb was buried beside her mother in Algeria on Sunday. The girl, identified only as Sohane, died on October 4 after her attacker doused her with petrol and set her ablaze with a cigarette lighter in Vitry-sur-Seine, on the outskirts of the ...
ISRAEL: ISRAEL NAMES FORMER MOSSAD DIRECTOR LIAISON WITH WASHINGTON ON IRAQ.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Israel has named former overseas intelligence chief Ephraim Halevy as its special coordinator with the United States for Iraqi affairs, public radio reported on Sunday, cited by AFP. The former Mossad director, who was already appointed head of the ...
IRAN: IRAN PREPARES TO CONFRONT CHEMICAL STRIKE.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Iranian troops practiced defense against chemical attack Sunday in the final phase of a three-day military exercise south of Tehran, state television reported. The army exercised ways to confront chemical strikes, assist the wounded and decontaminate the area, the report said without ...
EGYPT: ISRAELI MINISTER VISITS EGYPT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... Israeli minister without portfolio Danny Naveh arrived in Cairo Sunday for talks about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with the top advisor to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, an Israeli embassy official said. Naveh will speak to Mubarak's political advisor Osama al-Baz about the latest ...
SAUDI ARABIA: PROFITS OF NATIONAL ARAB BANK UP 24 PERCENT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Saudi National Arab Bank recorded 453 million Saudi riyals ($120.8 million) in profits in the first nine months of 2002, a 24 percent ...
UAE: AMAN INSURANCE COMPANY AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIPTION.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company (Aman), which is currently being established, announced that it will soon put 55 percent of its paid-up capital, which stands at 60 million Emirati dirhams ...
UAE: LOCAL INSURANCE MARKET VALUED $1 BILLION.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), sources in the insurance market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) estimate the local ...
SAUDI ARABIA: LABOR DISCUSSIONS IN RIYADH.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the General Secretary of the Arab Labor Unions Federation, Hassan Jammam, is meeting in Riyadh today with the Saudi Minister of Labor, Ali Al-Namli. The two officials are scheduled to discuss labor conditions and labor ...
SAUDI ARABIA: LOCAL LABOR FORCE - OUTLOOK.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Saudi Ministry of Labor estimates the volume of the local civilian labor force at ...
SAUDI ARABIA: LABOR MINISTRY TARGETS 329,000 NEW JOBS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the seventh five-year development plan (2000-2005) of the Saudi Ministry of Labor aims to provide 329,000 new ...
YEMEN: OIL REVENUES INCREASED.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), a recently publicized report by the Yemeni Central Bank shows that the government's revenues from crude oil export totaled $1.04 billion in the first nine months of the current year compared with $812 million in the ...
UAE: GITEX DUBAI 2002 OPENS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Emirate of Dubai finished all necessary preparations to host one of the largest economic demonstrations in the region, the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX Dubai 2002). The GITEX exhibition opens today (October 13) at the ...
MIDDLE EAST: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SALES VALUED.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), sources in the information technology and computer market estimate the value of the information ...
SYRIA: SYRTEL WARNS ORASCOM.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Syrian mobile telephone operator company, Syrtel, has recently warned its Egyptian partner, Orascom that it must pay back a 124.3 million Syrian pound ...
MOROCCO: CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE LOST 50 PERCENT VALUE IN 4 YEARS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Casablanca Stock Exchange lost 50 percent of its market value over the past four years. The market value of the Casablanca Bourse declined ...
EGYPT: JAMES WOLFENSOHN VISITS CAIRO.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, is starting a four-day visit to Cairo today. Wolfensohn is scheduled to meet with the Egyptian President Hosni ...
EGYPT: NO NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCING PROGRAM.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Egyptian government that the World Bank and the African Development Bank do not need a new financing program from international organizations. Thus, Egypt postponed a one billion dollar financing program from the World Bank and the ...
EGYPT: $200 MILION BALANCE PAYMENTS DEFICIT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Hayat newspaper (October 12, 2002), the representative of Egypt in the World Bank, Mahmoud Ayoub, said that the value of the Egyptian balance of payment deficit stands at no more than $200 million ...
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI INVESTMENT BANK RECORDS 24% PROFIT CLIMB.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Watan newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Saudi Investment Bank recorded 300.8 million Saudi riyal profit by the end of the third quarter of the present year ....
SAUDI ARABIA: AL-SAUDI AL-FARANSI BANK REPORTS 20% PROFIT GROWTH.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Watan newspaper (October 12, 2002), the Al-Saudi Al-Faransi Bank achieved SR 750 million profits in the first nine months of 2002, a 20 percent growth compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. Total customer deposits ...
EGYPT: SAUDI RIYAL EXCHANGE RATE INCREASES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Watan newspaper (October 12, 2002), sources in the money exchange markets in Egypt revealed that the exchange rate of the Saudi riyal against the Egyptian pound grew noticeably last week. The Saudi riyal ...
JORDAN: EXPATRIATES' TRANSFERS INCREASED.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Watan newspaper (October 12, 2002), recently published statistics by the Jordanian Central Bank and the local private sector show that money transfers of Jordanian expatriates abroad grew noticeably last year and this ...
JORDAN: $2 BILLION EXPATRIATES' TRANSFERS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Watan newspaper (October 12, 2002), recently published statistics by the Jordanian Central Bank and the local private sector estimate money transfers from abroad by Jordanian expatriates to reach two billion dollars by the end of 2002 ...
SAUDI ARABIA: LOCAL SHARE PRICE INDEX DOWN.
Oct 14, 2002 ... According to Al-Watan newspaper (October 12, 2002), the share price index of the Saudi Stock Exchange declined to 2,645.62 points by the end of last week, ending October 10, down from 2,646.59 points in ...
USA: THE BOEING CO., AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE FOR SPARE KITS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $65,451,712 cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to provide for a specific list of spares supporting readiness spares kits, high priority mission spares kits, intermediate level repair capability, special operations ...
USA: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR MISSION COMPUTERS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $28,577,854 modification to a previously awarded fixed-priced-incentive contract (N00019-00-C-0307) to exercise an option for the low rate initial production of 109 advanced ...
USA: STOLPER-FABRALLOY AWARDED CONTRACT FOR COMBUSTION LINER ASSEMBLIES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Stolper-Fabralloy Co., Phoenix, Ariz., is being awarded a delivery order amount of $4,032,600 as part of a $22,165,000 firm-fixed-price contract for combustion liner assemblies. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 30, ...
USA: AM GENERAL CORP., AWARDED CONTRACT FOR MOBILITY MULTI-WHEELED VEHICLE HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) AM General Corp., Mishawaka, Ind., is being awarded a delivery order amount of $981,770 as part of a $13,056,186 firm-fixed-price contract for a high mobility multi-wheeled vehicle hood engine compartment. Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., and is expected to be completed by ...
USA: GENERAL MOTORS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR CYLINDER HEADS FOR MULTI-WHEELED VEHICLE ENGINE.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) General Motors Military Vehicles, Troy, Mich., is being awarded a delivery order amount of $1,861,137 as part of a $20,962,670 firm-fixed-price contract for 4,812 cylinder heads for the High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle engine. Work will be performed in Franklin, Ohio, and is ...
USA: HUNTER MANUFACTURING CO., AWARDED CONTRACT FOR AIR VENTILATION PERSONNEL HEARERS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Hunter Manufacturing Co., Solon, Ohio, is being awarded a $12,422,017 firm-fixed-price contract for 3,024 forced air ventilation personnel heaters for combat vehicles. Work will be performed in Solon, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2004. Contract ...
USA: POCONO PRODUCE CO., AWARDED CONTRACT FOR FULL LINE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Pocono Produce Co., Stroudsburg, Pa., is being awarded a $6,000,000 firm-fixed-price with indefinite-quantity type of contract for full line food distribution for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard/Job Corps. This contract is exercising its first one-year ...
USA: NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AWARDED CONTRACT FOR AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $5,878,888 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-99-C-2100) for aircraft carrier engineering support services. The contract will provide engineering, technical and ...
USA: REDCOM LABORATORIES AWARDED CONTRACT FOR TACTICAL DUAL VOICE MODULES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) REDCOM Laboratories Inc., Victor, N.Y., Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. is being awarded a $5,339,780 firm-fixed-price contract for 17 tactical dual voice modules (nine main and eight user), and eight mission support kits, cable distribution kits and voice mail ...
USA: BECHTEL BETTIS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION WORK.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Bechtel Bettis Inc., Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Mifflin, Pa., is being awarded a $439,900,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-98-C-4064) for Naval nuclear propulsion work at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. Work will be ...
USA: KAPL INC., AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION WORK.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) KAPL Inc., Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady N.Y., is being awarded a $149,300,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-00-C-4011) for Naval nuclear propulsion work at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. Work will be performed ...
USA: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP., AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE NAVIGATION SUBSYSTEM ENGINEERING SERVICES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Lockheed Martin Corp., Mitchel Field, N.Y., is being awarded a $30,246,932 option under previously awarded contract (N00030-02-C-0021) to exercise this option to provide the fiscal year 2003 U.S. and U.K. TRIDENT II (D5) navigation subsystem engineering services and equipment repair ...
USA: POOLE & KENT CO., AWARDED CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CHEMISTRY LABORATORY.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Poole & Kent Co./Gaudreau Inc., Baltimore, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2002, a $38,129,517 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of an advanced chemistry laboratory. Work will be performed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and is expected to be ...
USA: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A MYI FOR THE SERVOACTUATOR SYSTEM.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2002, a $18,338,539 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a MYI reliability and safety improvement for the Longitudinal and Directional Servoactuator System redesign management of ...
USA: ALUTIIQ MANAGEMENT AWARDED CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TRAINING FACILITY.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Alutiiq Management Services L.L.C., Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2002, a $17,886,660 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of live fire/non-live fire, up-to-platoon-sized training facility. Work will be performed in Fort Richardson, Alaska, and is ...
USA: ANA MAC INC., AWARDED CONTRACT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH FOR TREATMENT OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Ana Mac Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2002, an $8,632,170 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to conduct research for the discovery and development of a novel for the treatment of serious bacterial and fungal infections. Work will be performed in Palo Alto, Calif., and ...
USA: WAYNESBORO CONSTRUCTION AWARDED CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STORAGE BUILDING.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Waynesboro Construction Co. Inc., Frederick, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2002, a $6,964,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a pre-engineered metal storage building. Work will be performed at Fort Detrick, Md., and is expected to be completed by Nov. ...
USA: RAYTHEON SYSTEMS AWARDED CONTRACT TO MANUFACTURE TURRETS FOR H-60 AIRCRAFT.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Raytheon Systems Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $22,242,220 firm-fixed-price order to manufacture 28 turrets for the AN/AAS-44 FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared Radar) used on H-60 aircraft. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, and is to ...
USA: RAYTHEON SYSTEMS AWARDED CONTRACT TO MANUFACTURE ELECTRONICS UNITS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Raytheon Systems Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $12,819,958 firm-fixed-price order to manufacture 53 electronics units for the AN/AAS-44 FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared Radar) used on H-60 aircraft. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, and ...
USA: TITAN SYSTEMS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Titan Systems Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded a $12,692,318 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical services in support of Navy Communications & Associated Electromagnetic and Platform Support Systems. A ...
USA: LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR INCORPORATION OF ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $12,529,560 fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-96-C-6226) for incorporation of Engineering Change Proposal 016-NSSN Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) System. The C3I ...
USA: KOLLMORGEN CORP., AWARDED CONTRACT FOR PRODUCTION OF UNIVERSAL MODULAR MAST SYSTEMS.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Kollmorgen Corp., Electro-Optical Division, Northampton Mass., is being awarded a $9,650,756 fixed-price contract for production of Universal Modular Mast Systems for installation on Virginia and SSGN (guided missile) class submarines. This contract contains options which, if ...
USA: DOROTHEA KNITTING MILLS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR WOOL BERETS FOR MILITARY.
Oct 14, 2002 ... (DoD) Dorothea Knitting Mills, USA Ltd., New York, N.Y., is being awarded $15,625,173 (exclusive of government furnished material), firm fixed price for 1,984,464 wool berets of various colors for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. Work will also be performed in Glade Spring, Va. This ...